1 North East Derbyshire District CouncilPlanning applications, outside the National Park, for housing, commercial, industry, shopping and leisure development are received and determined by the principal authority, North East Derbyshire District Council.

All applications are publically available on a weekly basis. District Councillors will have received prior notification of applications in their ward.

The District Council has to meet targets for determining planning applications which are set by central government - between 8 and 12 weeks.

Over 90% of decisions on applications are made by Officers. The remaining 10% are determined by the Planning Committee.

2 Derbyshire Council Council

Derbyshire Council Council is responsible for minerals and waste planning throughout the county, apart from within the Peak District National Park or Derby city, both in terms of preparing plans and dealing with planning applications. DCC also deal with applications for its own development, such as development on school sites.

3 Eckington Parish Council

Eckington Parish Council is a statutory consultee in the planning process. They can comment on an application but the principal authority makes the decision.

A list of valid applications is received by the Clerk on a weekly basis from NEDDC, generally on Monday.

Planning Applications is a standard item on the monthly Parish Council Agenda.

The Role of the IndividualAll valid planning applications are available as outlined above. You will be notified automatically if you live in close proximity to an application site and a notice will be posted in the local area.

If you wish to comment on an application, either to support or object, you can do so on-line or in writing.You can contact your District and/or Parish Councillor to discuss an application.

You can come to a Parish Council meeting and raise a planning issue in Public Participation.

If a decision is to be taken at NEDDC Planning Committee you can request to speak at the meeting. You will be allowed 3 minutes.

Representations on Planning Applications carry more weight if they are based on planning grounds and are considered 'material'.

The Eckington Tenants and Residents Focus Group, in association with The National Lottery Funding and Eckington Parish Council, have joined forces to provide information and beautiful scenic walking routes and paths for the avid walker. Following the link provided will provide you with information as well as maps and historic facts about the several walking areas provided. The Parish staff have worked extremely hard to ensure these walkways are safe and pleasant for visitors and we hope that you will enjoy the efforts made. The Eckington Parish area has such beautiful surroundings, so why not get out and explore it! Please visit http://www.eckingtonheritagewalks.uk/ (opens in a new window) for more information.

Recent Devolution Deal Information

A major consultation drive has been launched across the Sheffield City Region to ask all residents and businesses how the new powers the area will get under Devolution should be used.

The Devolution Deal gives the region £1.3 billion to spend over the next 30 years. The Deal offers new powers and funding to improve infrastructure, transport, skills, housing and other drivers of business growth.

To access these powers and this funding, some changes are required to local decision making structures. These include giving locally elected Leaders and a directly elected City Region Mayor new powers, drawn down from Government who will work closely with Local Authorities and business leaders.

It is believed the Deal will enable the creation of 70,000 jobs and 6,000 new businesses and public meetings are being held across the region. The one closest to our District is as follows:

It is important that as many people as possible have their say on this Deal, so please go along to this exhibition and have your say, but if you are unable to attend, then you can make your views known online. Further details can be found on the Sheffield Devolution website: http://sheffieldcityregiondevolution.org.uk/

Funding

Do you require funding for your group or project? Click here and scroll to page 18 to find out about the different organisations that can provide funding for a range of projects and uses.Funding organisations include The Big Lottery Fund, Gregg’s Foundations Local Community Project Funds, University of Derby Community Fund and more.

Notice Board

NOTICE OF VACANCY

Vacancies

Notice of Co-Option. Eckington Parish Council has a vacancy for the position of Councillor. For details, please click here (to download a PDF document) which also contains a link for an application form.

Application for Co-option to the Parish Council - addition information click here (to download a PDF document) which also contains a link for addition information for applicants.

Fracking

Following are Letters from the department of business, energy and institute strategy in response to Eckington Parish Council objection to Fracking and the Councilís original letter.